Peter Amsterdam : I am "getting more absent-minded everyday.' Murray Hill : What have you been doing now ? Peter Amsterdam :' I went fishing and forgot to take a fishing rod along, and the worst of it was I never noticed it until I got home and was bragging to my wife about the big string of fish I'd caught. 'My good man,' said the severe lady, ' have you ever stopped to think how much money'is wasted each year in tobacco and rum ?' ' No, mum, I haven't,' answered the objects ' it's a-takin' up all my time just now to figger up how many families could be supported on the price of the extra material women put in their sleeves.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 276, 27 November 1897, Page 3 (Supplement)
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